Rihanna mocks a fan with an ‘Instagram vs real life’ pic: rude or simply RiRi?

We didn’t talk about this Rihanna photo a few days ago when it happened. Rihanna was at the playoff game between the LA Clippers and the OKC Thunder. Steve Soboroff of the LA police commission approached RiRi for a joint selfie, and she obliged. Rihanna grabbed Steve’s camera and clicked away in glee. Then she dropped his phone, which promptly shattered. Rihanna felt terrible and agreed to autograph the phone so it could be auctioned off for the LAPD foundation. The phone brought in $56,000 from an eBay bid, and Rihanna donated another $25,000. Not bad.

Lest you think Rihanna is softening too much, she’s made up for her good deed by crushing one of her fans on Twitter. A 16-year-old girl named Alexis Carter created her own prom outfit based upon a winged jumpsuit that Rihanna wore in 2010. Somehow, this girl’s photo became an internet meme called “Instagram vs. Real Life.” Rihanna saw the comparison image and tweeted it with a frowny face. Rude.

🙁

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 9, 2014

Another viral image showed Alexis posing with a comparison to the Wu-Tang Clan symbol. Rihanna commented upon this image too.

She gets it

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 9, 2014

This was a slap in the face to teenage Alexis, who told the NYDN, “I was very offended. Why throw shade on it when you had on the exact same thing. She doesn’t love her fans like she says she does.” Rihanna probably thinks nothing of what she tweets. She puts a lot of thought into her selfies (although she recently deleted her Instagram account after they censored her bare rack), but she thinks nothing of dashing off a disapproving emoticon. The saddest thing is that Rihanna’s probably forgotten all about Alexis and her outfit. Alexis will never forget.

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